Dates
- Cover date
- April 1988
- On sale
- January 5, 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #585 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition75¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition75¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893046504 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.
Barcode 0709893046504 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Jerry Bingham, Norm Breyfogleinks: Jerry Bingham, Ricardo Villagráncolors: Anthony Tollin, Adrienne Royscript: John Wagner, Alan Grantletters: Todd Klein
Stories
- The Ratcatcher · 22 pages
While breaking up a weapons deal, Batman encounters a man who is attacked and killed by rats, which places him on the trail of the Ratcatcher.
Reprinted in
Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle (2015), Batman: The Dark Knight Detective (2018), The Suicide Squad Case Files (2021), DC Finest: Batman: The Killing Joke and Other Stories (2025)